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Location: NYC, NY, USA
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
There are 178 Starbucks within 5 miles of my home.
If you live in America or Canada you can find out how many are within 5 miles of your home too. And how many locally owned cafes there are also.
https://www.delocator.net
I have mixed feelings. I'm a bit intimidated but perhaps not as scared as I should be. Can someone liberlize me and explain why I should be scared?
I don't actually drink coffee but the whole concept of "large company = bad, small company = good" is a bit lost to me. I understand that some large companies do HORRIBLE things (Sweatshops, etc... ) and they should be held responsible and deemed "BAD"...
But I also suspect that it'd be EASIER for a small mom and pop store to have less morals becuase there'd be no reprocussions if they got caught. If the local cafe in my hood ground up babies for their coffee I think it'd be much easier to get away with that if Starbucks did it. And I LOVE Ben and Jerry's. Those guys bust their butts for social issues. At least they used to. And they're widespread and international and therefore evil right?
Educate me.
EDITED_BY: NYC (1138219068)
There are 178 Starbucks within 5 miles of my home.
If you live in America or Canada you can find out how many are within 5 miles of your home too. And how many locally owned cafes there are also.
https://www.delocator.net
I have mixed feelings. I'm a bit intimidated but perhaps not as scared as I should be. Can someone liberlize me and explain why I should be scared?
I don't actually drink coffee but the whole concept of "large company = bad, small company = good" is a bit lost to me. I understand that some large companies do HORRIBLE things (Sweatshops, etc... ) and they should be held responsible and deemed "BAD"...
But I also suspect that it'd be EASIER for a small mom and pop store to have less morals becuase there'd be no reprocussions if they got caught. If the local cafe in my hood ground up babies for their coffee I think it'd be much easier to get away with that if Starbucks did it. And I LOVE Ben and Jerry's. Those guys bust their butts for social issues. At least they used to. And they're widespread and international and therefore evil right?
Educate me.
EDITED_BY: NYC (1138219068)
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Location: New York, USA
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Location: New York, USA
Posted:
first off, i'd just like to say that south park did tackle this issue in the episode entitled 'gnomes' in the second season
and more recently, in the wall-mart episode in season 8
I also don't drink coffee, but i guess what maybe should worry you is that the market can support that. I guess its not surprising in the city, but it is in places where you can have 2 on opposite street corners
first off, i'd just like to say that south park did tackle this issue in the episode entitled 'gnomes' in the second season
and more recently, in the wall-mart episode in season 8
I also don't drink coffee, but i guess what maybe should worry you is that the market can support that. I guess its not surprising in the city, but it is in places where you can have 2 on opposite street corners
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Posted:
Hello and welcome to HoP, NYC
The topic you have brought up in this thread, Whilst being a valid and interesting topic, has already been brought up in [Old link] thread here.
It is useful to do a search before posting, as it saves the forums becoming clogged with what appear to be duplicate threads...
Thank you, and enjoy your time here on HoP!!
Hello and welcome to HoP, NYC
The topic you have brought up in this thread, Whilst being a valid and interesting topic, has already been brought up in [Old link] thread here.
It is useful to do a search before posting, as it saves the forums becoming clogged with what appear to be duplicate threads...
Thank you, and enjoy your time here on HoP!!
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Posted:
pssst... thats in chat.
Chat = crap.
NYC wants a decent discussion. Not crap.
Silly.
pssst... thats in chat.
Chat = crap.
NYC wants a decent discussion. Not crap.
Silly.
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Posted:
Damn... Everyone Misunderstands things nowadays... I remember the good old days when everyone got along...
Damn... Everyone Misunderstands things nowadays... I remember the good old days when everyone got along...
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NYC
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Indeed that thread was crap. I read it and learned that the Bacon Double Cheese Burgers at Burger King are better than at Mc. Donalds.
Maybe if you'd have read it rather than skimming it you'd have learned the same.
I was actually hoping that someone with a brain could explain the situation to me a bit better. And since many folks with a brain don't "Chat" for obvious reasons I prefer a "Discussion". If you look at the Discussion Forum you can find the definitions of both forums should you get confused in the future.
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Hello and welcome to HoP, NYC
The topic you have brought up in this thread, Whilst being a valid and interesting topic, has already been brought up in [Old link] thread here.
It is useful to do a search before posting, as it saves the forums becoming clogged with what appear to be duplicate threads...
Thank you, and enjoy your time here on HoP!!
Indeed that thread was crap. I read it and learned that the Bacon Double Cheese Burgers at Burger King are better than at Mc. Donalds.
Maybe if you'd have read it rather than skimming it you'd have learned the same.
I was actually hoping that someone with a brain could explain the situation to me a bit better. And since many folks with a brain don't "Chat" for obvious reasons I prefer a "Discussion". If you look at the Discussion Forum you can find the definitions of both forums should you get confused in the future.
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Yes, let's go.
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Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
Posted:
i can see your dellema, and would also like to hear more aboutit, 178 within 5 miles seems a hell of a lot.
considering theres only 6 MDs in my city, and we were the last capital city in Australia to get MDs in the CBD i'd say we dont have the same problem, but it still makes me think i should be worried.
i can see your dellema, and would also like to hear more aboutit, 178 within 5 miles seems a hell of a lot.
considering theres only 6 MDs in my city, and we were the last capital city in Australia to get MDs in the CBD i'd say we dont have the same problem, but it still makes me think i should be worried.
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Posted:
Kick 'em in the shins. That'll solve any problem.
Kick 'em in the shins. That'll solve any problem.
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Posted:
unless they do muai thai, in which case they make kick you back (in the face!)
sorry, off topic
did i mention my city only has two burger kings? and the second one only opened two weeks ago
unless they do muai thai, in which case they make kick you back (in the face!)
sorry, off topic
did i mention my city only has two burger kings? and the second one only opened two weeks ago
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Location: Central New Jersey, USA
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Location: Central New Jersey, USA
Posted:
4 Starbucks, 3 Dunkin' Donuts(also a coffee shop) and 3 Wawas (convienience store) within 5 minutes of my house.
4 Starbucks, 3 Dunkin' Donuts(also a coffee shop) and 3 Wawas (convienience store) within 5 minutes of my house.
Don't mind me, just passing through.
Dreamer
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Location: York, England
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Location: York, England
Posted:
You just discovered this?
Well, ok, I'll tell my story. My friend comes to visit me after just starting at her (4th) university in chicago. She lives in the south loop and applied to a lot of starbucks for work. Since she had to apply for the jobs online she learned that there were 80-something in a five mile radius of her house. This would be less scary if 2.5 square miles of that were not lake michigan....
So we decided to play with manhatten and indeed 178 topped the list, I belive I chose broadway and 5th ave. But myself?
Only 55 starbucks in a five mile radius.
I've heard people bash ben and jerry's lately too. i'm preplexed and would also like an explanation.
I would also like an explanation as to why the coolest new flavour is avaible in england but not here (at more than £8 a pint I was not buying it there... except... where is it? *pouts*)
You just discovered this?
Well, ok, I'll tell my story. My friend comes to visit me after just starting at her (4th) university in chicago. She lives in the south loop and applied to a lot of starbucks for work. Since she had to apply for the jobs online she learned that there were 80-something in a five mile radius of her house. This would be less scary if 2.5 square miles of that were not lake michigan....
So we decided to play with manhatten and indeed 178 topped the list, I belive I chose broadway and 5th ave. But myself?
Only 55 starbucks in a five mile radius.
I've heard people bash ben and jerry's lately too. i'm preplexed and would also like an explanation.
I would also like an explanation as to why the coolest new flavour is avaible in england but not here (at more than £8 a pint I was not buying it there... except... where is it? *pouts*)
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Posted:
did you know starbucks started off with one guy wanting to bring nice service and different flavours to the US, and now we hate his creation? kind of strange isnt it........
did you know starbucks started off with one guy wanting to bring nice service and different flavours to the US, and now we hate his creation? kind of strange isnt it........
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Posted:
The problem many people have with Starbucks is their policy of oversaturating an area to force out the local competition.
Also many coffee sources are of debatable ethicalness with regards to the prices paid to farmers.
The problem many people have with Starbucks is their policy of oversaturating an area to force out the local competition.
Also many coffee sources are of debatable ethicalness with regards to the prices paid to farmers.
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Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
if it doesn't bother you dude, you have nothing to worry about
i personally tend to buy my coffee from a place called 'amt' which only sells fair trade coffee.
i must admit, i sometimes go a little italian coffee shop cos they use lavazza beans and they make me smile lots.
if you want to latch onto some 'liberalised' opinions though ( ), here are mine:
i don't like that starbucks have become so widespread because it kills variety and thus leaves us with less choices as consumers (and therefore reduces our power to change what we do not like).
your example of a small mom and pop store having less morals and getting away with it, i'm not 100% certain what you're getting at - did you mean trading unethically or illegally? - whichever, it makes a very valid distinction between independent stores and chains like starbucks with regard to consumer choice.
if i found out that mom+pop were trading in a way i didn't like, i would simply stop giving them my custom and find another independent store that offers a similar product but without the poor trading ethics that mom+pop employed.
if starbucks do something i don't like, it is much harder to 'shop around' - they have so many outlets, all operating on the same ethical and financial basis, that changing which starbucks you buy your coffee from makes absolutely no difference.
the more widespread starbucks become, the more the alternatives diminish and the faster your choice (and therefore power) as a consumer vanishes.
they are the mcdonalds of the coffee world - by that i mean that they have taken their sanitised idea of what a coffee shop should be and carbon-copied it into every culture they could get into.
they own more than 8,500 cafes worldwide with a long term goal of 30,000 - whatever starbucks stood for originally, that target is purely about domination of a market and making as much money as possible now.
that protest is typical of a consumer who has had their choice reduced so much that they expect *exactly* the same choices, no matter where they go.
i hate the fact that if i go to, say, china, i could probably find a starbucks without looking very hard at all - and i would bet a month's wages that it would sell their standard branded teas rather than traditional teas from the region.
if anything, what you experienced could be a positive sign - it might suggest that starbucks have started varying their menu choices based on region (well, more likely by continent), but i severely doubt it.
the most likely explanation is that the uk (or perhaps just the region where you were living kyrian) is a test market for the new flavour.
don't worry though - i'm sure if it sells well here, it will spread like a syrupy plague into starbucks the world over...
and that's another thing that bugs me - isn't the point of coffee that IT TASTES LIKE COFFEE?!
cole. x
*enough angst to share with the whole of ny state*
if it doesn't bother you dude, you have nothing to worry about
i personally tend to buy my coffee from a place called 'amt' which only sells fair trade coffee.
i must admit, i sometimes go a little italian coffee shop cos they use lavazza beans and they make me smile lots.
if you want to latch onto some 'liberalised' opinions though (
), here are mine:i don't like that starbucks have become so widespread because it kills variety and thus leaves us with less choices as consumers (and therefore reduces our power to change what we do not like).
your example of a small mom and pop store having less morals and getting away with it, i'm not 100% certain what you're getting at - did you mean trading unethically or illegally? - whichever, it makes a very valid distinction between independent stores and chains like starbucks with regard to consumer choice.
if i found out that mom+pop were trading in a way i didn't like, i would simply stop giving them my custom and find another independent store that offers a similar product but without the poor trading ethics that mom+pop employed.
if starbucks do something i don't like, it is much harder to 'shop around' - they have so many outlets, all operating on the same ethical and financial basis, that changing which starbucks you buy your coffee from makes absolutely no difference.
the more widespread starbucks become, the more the alternatives diminish and the faster your choice (and therefore power) as a consumer vanishes.
they are the mcdonalds of the coffee world - by that i mean that they have taken their sanitised idea of what a coffee shop should be and carbon-copied it into every culture they could get into.
they own more than 8,500 cafes worldwide with a long term goal of 30,000 - whatever starbucks stood for originally, that target is purely about domination of a market and making as much money as possible now.
Written by: kyrian
I would also like an explanation as to why the coolest new flavour is avaible in england but not here (at more than £8 a pint I was not buying it there... except... where is it? *pouts*)
that protest is typical of a consumer who has had their choice reduced so much that they expect *exactly* the same choices, no matter where they go.
i hate the fact that if i go to, say, china, i could probably find a starbucks without looking very hard at all - and i would bet a month's wages that it would sell their standard branded teas rather than traditional teas from the region.
if anything, what you experienced could be a positive sign - it might suggest that starbucks have started varying their menu choices based on region (well, more likely by continent), but i severely doubt it.
the most likely explanation is that the uk (or perhaps just the region where you were living kyrian) is a test market for the new flavour.
don't worry though - i'm sure if it sells well here, it will spread like a syrupy plague into starbucks the world over...
and that's another thing that bugs me - isn't the point of coffee that IT TASTES LIKE COFFEE?!
cole. x
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Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
I cant speak for starbucks because i've never been in one and rarley seen one, but you made a comparison to mc donalds and i've see a fair few all over the world. To say that they all have the same menu all over the world is fairly inacurate. French Mcdonalds are alot different to Irish ones. And when in thailand, there were many, many foodstuffs that i was hard pushed to even recognise. They all have the golden arches and the colors and little stars on the badges though. Every last one. On the main street in dublin.. Two Mcdonalds. Two burger kins. An Eddie Rockets, A Super Macs and An Aberakebabera. The street is about 300m long....
The market research that these companies are capable of is staggering. The product is always going to be streamlined for the highest sales. Not just because of what the people are more likely to eat (i find that fast food joints like to tell you what to eat). But also what products are available locally and hundred other factors. Even religion has to be factored in.
Like i said though, i dont know much about starbucks.
In ireland there are a few trends developing. Coffee culture is really only kicking of in the last couple of years from what i can see, but more and more chain franchises are popping up in the cities and major towns. Nothing on the scale of new york. Juice bars too are moving fast. In four months. One company opened 4 outlets here in limerick. ALL within in four huundred meters of each other! There branded, ugly and obviously based on the 'Transplant' package that the bigger companies have been using for years.
My biggest concern is about the Spar and Centra (something like walmart i reckon) stores that are appearing Everywhere in ireland. Its insane, there really killing off the local stores at an alarming rate. Same color, same uniform. It seems that everytime a store closes, Spar or Centra are straight in there. It really takes the excitment out of wondering what cool new store is going to open up next.
What bothers me most about chain mentality is more than the lack of choice. Its the lack of human contact. These business's operate on a minimum wage basis. Employees are not encouraged to build relationships with employees. There all the same, so theres no playing favorites and like cole said, it removes the option of choice and so there is always going to be something lacking when you go in to shop. Theres less Please's and Thankyou's. Im not sure what if can truley explain what im getting at here. Its like the whole act of going out and making a purchase is becoming more of a fixed process, more mundane...
Fast Food, Fast Coffee, Fast Juice. Fast Spending.
I cant speak for starbucks because i've never been in one and rarley seen one, but you made a comparison to mc donalds and i've see a fair few all over the world. To say that they all have the same menu all over the world is fairly inacurate. French Mcdonalds are alot different to Irish ones. And when in thailand, there were many, many foodstuffs that i was hard pushed to even recognise. They all have the golden arches and the colors and little stars on the badges though. Every last one. On the main street in dublin.. Two Mcdonalds. Two burger kins. An Eddie Rockets, A Super Macs and An Aberakebabera. The street is about 300m long....
The market research that these companies are capable of is staggering. The product is always going to be streamlined for the highest sales. Not just because of what the people are more likely to eat (i find that fast food joints like to tell you what to eat). But also what products are available locally and hundred other factors. Even religion has to be factored in.
Like i said though, i dont know much about starbucks.
In ireland there are a few trends developing. Coffee culture is really only kicking of in the last couple of years from what i can see, but more and more chain franchises are popping up in the cities and major towns. Nothing on the scale of new york. Juice bars too are moving fast. In four months. One company opened 4 outlets here in limerick. ALL within in four huundred meters of each other! There branded, ugly and obviously based on the 'Transplant' package that the bigger companies have been using for years.
My biggest concern is about the Spar and Centra (something like walmart i reckon) stores that are appearing Everywhere in ireland. Its insane, there really killing off the local stores at an alarming rate. Same color, same uniform. It seems that everytime a store closes, Spar or Centra are straight in there. It really takes the excitment out of wondering what cool new store is going to open up next.
What bothers me most about chain mentality is more than the lack of choice. Its the lack of human contact. These business's operate on a minimum wage basis. Employees are not encouraged to build relationships with employees. There all the same, so theres no playing favorites and like cole said, it removes the option of choice and so there is always going to be something lacking when you go in to shop. Theres less Please's and Thankyou's. Im not sure what if can truley explain what im getting at here. Its like the whole act of going out and making a purchase is becoming more of a fixed process, more mundane...
Fast Food, Fast Coffee, Fast Juice. Fast Spending.
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Location: west mids
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Location: west mids
Posted:
I work for starbucks as a 'Barista' as they call it, witch means mostly a washer-uper. When i started i was given an leaflet on ther're social and ethical intatives, which tells all about the various projects they have funded in the countries from witch the source there coffee. I was impressed that the company were apearing to be doing the right thing , but sceptical about the reality. One of the statements made by starbucks was that "all starbucks coffee is fairly traded although it does not carry the fair trade mark" Well if it dosn't carry the fair trade mark 'fairly traded' could mean anything.
There was also a section on how well Starbucks treat thier employeis. From personal experiance Starbucks didn't pay me for 3 months work, took no responsability for the mistake and gave me no explination. It took me loads of phonecalls and a huge phone bill just to get paid.
So to conclude i am compleatly disillusioned with the ethics that Starbucks claim to have, and i believe that they will get away with whatever they can and don't seem to be held acountable by anyone.
I work for starbucks as a 'Barista' as they call it, witch means mostly a washer-uper. When i started i was given an leaflet on ther're social and ethical intatives, which tells all about the various projects they have funded in the countries from witch the source there coffee. I was impressed that the company were apearing to be doing the right thing , but sceptical about the reality. One of the statements made by starbucks was that "all starbucks coffee is fairly traded although it does not carry the fair trade mark" Well if it dosn't carry the fair trade mark 'fairly traded' could mean anything.
There was also a section on how well Starbucks treat thier employeis. From personal experiance Starbucks didn't pay me for 3 months work, took no responsability for the mistake and gave me no explination. It took me loads of phonecalls and a huge phone bill just to get paid.
So to conclude i am compleatly disillusioned with the ethics that Starbucks claim to have, and i believe that they will get away with whatever they can and don't seem to be held acountable by anyone.
NYC
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
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Posted:
[Yo ado... you typed [ i / ] when you meant [ / i ]... I didn't mind but I did have to tilt my head slightly to the right to read your post. EDIT: Never mind, you fixed it
]
Thanks Cole. That's sort of what I was looking for. I hadn't really solidified the "lack of competition" ideas.
See, if you just tell me what to think BEFORE I have an opinion it makes it much easier than if I actually form my own opinion and then have to disagree with you. 
Though, I think something like Ben and Jerrys is a really good example of a counter arguement. I'd recon that B+J has done more good over the past 10 years than every mom and pop ice cream company combined.
Ben and Jerry's Site
[Yo ado... you typed [ i / ] when you meant [ / i ]... I didn't mind but I did have to tilt my head slightly to the right to read your post. EDIT: Never mind, you fixed it
]Thanks Cole. That's sort of what I was looking for. I hadn't really solidified the "lack of competition" ideas.
See, if you just tell me what to think BEFORE I have an opinion it makes it much easier than if I actually form my own opinion and then have to disagree with you.
Though, I think something like Ben and Jerrys is a really good example of a counter arguement. I'd recon that B+J has done more good over the past 10 years than every mom and pop ice cream company combined.
Ben and Jerry's Site
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Scientist of Fortune
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Location: Edinburgh
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Location: Edinburgh
Posted:
'Fairly traded' but with no fair trade mark...
That's very strange. You would think they would want to shout it to the world if they were doing something as wonderful as fairly trading?
'Fairly traded' but with no fair trade mark...
That's very strange. You would think they would want to shout it to the world if they were doing something as wonderful as fairly trading?
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Location: west mids
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Posted:
P.S i do get lots of very nice free coffee.
P.S i do get lots of very nice free coffee.
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Posted:
starbucks idea of fair trade is slightly different to that of the fairtrade foundation.
they do sell beans with a fair trade mark but the majority of the coffee they brew and sell does not have it.
i too thought that sounded very questionable but then i found this news article.
click here for an overview of starbucks coffee bean purchasing strategy.
nyc, i definitely agree - ben and jerry's rock
cole. x
starbucks idea of fair trade is slightly different to that of the fairtrade foundation.
they do sell beans with a fair trade mark but the majority of the coffee they brew and sell does not have it.
i too thought that sounded very questionable but then i found this news article.
click here for an overview of starbucks coffee bean purchasing strategy.
nyc, i definitely agree - ben and jerry's rock
cole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
NYC
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Location: NYC, NY, USA
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Posted:
I liked the part of "Absolute Power" (that show with Stephen Fry) where they're brainstorming on PROs and CONs of America.
The only PRO they can come up with is "Ben and Jerry's".
And I pride myself on being one of the very few Americans familiar with that reference.
I liked the part of "Absolute Power" (that show with Stephen Fry) where they're brainstorming on PROs and CONs of America.
The only PRO they can come up with is "Ben and Jerry's".
And I pride myself on being one of the very few Americans familiar with that reference.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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Location: Edinburgh burgh burrrrrr, United Kingdom
Posted:
65% of Americans will agree with you...
i used to be one of the 21%
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Written by: NYC
I'd recon that B+J has done more good over the past 10 years than every mom and pop ice cream company combined.
65% of Americans will agree with you...
i used to be one of the 21%
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Posted:
Harsh Tink but true never the less.
There's nothing better than munching a tub of B+J's with a good movie. Even better knowing that they really do care about the world. If only every other company in the world acted this way...
Harsh Tink but true never the less.
There's nothing better than munching a tub of B+J's with a good movie. Even better knowing that they really do care about the world. If only every other company in the world acted this way...
Have faith in what you can do and respect for what you can't
Stargazer
6,650 posts
6,650 posts
Posted:
hmmm - I love B&J's but also use Haagen Daz for tastebud satisfaction.. but this carries one far away from the original topic
In case you haven't noticed McDonalds also claim to do something more for society than just expoiting workforce and gaining profit for their 226,656 stockowners.
There is a high number of multinationals who throw in social sponsoring to make people feel good when they buy their product.
And I have not found a single salesperson on the planet who said No - don't - buy - my - product - it - sucks
So where are we? Discussing about the policies of Starbucks, whether or not we can feel OKAY for drinking, eating or generally purchasing any product that is manufactured by large multinationals (incl. Puma, Adidas, Nokia, Canon, Intel, Microsoft...)? Whether B&J is good and Starbucks is bad?
IMO it doesn't make a difference whether you do or don't - if you feel good about it - do it and if you don't ... All this seems to get to the point where one cannot walk down the road and enjoy life without questioning oneself: "did I pay off for the brazilian rainforest? did I wire the money to my Indian tsunami victim fund? did I put on my badge "firends don't let friends go to starbucks"? Will we become crippled by ethics?.... does it make us saints if we don't go to McD or Starbucks?
Cole put it closest to my opinion: when big multinationals control the market, we will have no (more) choices. Maybe it's already pointless to choose Pepsi over Coke as (maybe) both belong to the same holding group already... in many sections of the market it's like that today.
So visiting moms and pops cornershop might not contribute to what multinationals define as a "fair" trade - why? because mom and pop can't afford this - but it will certainly put a buck in the pockets of real people in your neighbourhood and not financing VLM's (very large multinationals)...
hmmm - I love B&J's but also use Haagen Daz for tastebud satisfaction.. but this carries one far away from the original topic
In case you haven't noticed McDonalds also claim to do something more for society than just expoiting workforce and gaining profit for their 226,656 stockowners.
There is a high number of multinationals who throw in social sponsoring to make people feel good when they buy their product.
And I have not found a single salesperson on the planet who said No - don't - buy - my - product - it - sucks
So where are we? Discussing about the policies of Starbucks, whether or not we can feel OKAY for drinking, eating or generally purchasing any product that is manufactured by large multinationals (incl. Puma, Adidas, Nokia, Canon, Intel, Microsoft...)? Whether B&J is good and Starbucks is bad?
IMO it doesn't make a difference whether you do or don't - if you feel good about it - do it and if you don't ... All this seems to get to the point where one cannot walk down the road and enjoy life without questioning oneself: "did I pay off for the brazilian rainforest? did I wire the money to my Indian tsunami victim fund? did I put on my badge "firends don't let friends go to starbucks"? Will we become crippled by ethics?.... does it make us saints if we don't go to McD or Starbucks?
Cole put it closest to my opinion: when big multinationals control the market, we will have no (more) choices. Maybe it's already pointless to choose Pepsi over Coke as (maybe) both belong to the same holding group already... in many sections of the market it's like that today.
So visiting moms and pops cornershop might not contribute to what multinationals define as a "fair" trade - why? because mom and pop can't afford this - but it will certainly put a buck in the pockets of real people in your neighbourhood and not financing VLM's (very large multinationals)...
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Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
Posted:
Some people have got pretty close - Gerald Ratner for example
Written by: FireTom
And I have not found a single salesperson on the planet who said No - don't - buy - my - product - it - sucks
Some people have got pretty close - Gerald Ratner for example
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
geek, level 1
5,300 posts
Location: everywhere
5,300 posts
Location: everywhere
Posted:
except seel out to unilever, which is Not Good:
this is the first of many pages about unilevers bad-ness
i can only hope they are working from the inside to fix it...
Written by: NYC
Though, I think something like Ben and Jerrys is a really good example of a counter arguement. I'd recon that B+J has done more good over the past 10 years than every mom and pop ice cream company combined.
Ben and Jerry's Site
except seel out to unilever, which is Not Good:
this is the first of many pages about unilevers bad-ness
i can only hope they are working from the inside to fix it...
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
So a big evil British corporation swallowed up a nice little American company?
Pesky Brits always getting American Fads years later.
So a big evil British corporation swallowed up a nice little American company?
Pesky Brits always getting American Fads years later.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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geek, level 1
5,300 posts
Location: everywhere
5,300 posts
Location: everywhere
Posted:
well, apart from unilever being mostly dutch now, i suppose you're right. why do we have to pick up your worst habits but not the good ones(like good service, politeness(oh, no, wait...)and a reasonable selection of cheap food outlets(except for coffee, of course))
well, apart from unilever being mostly dutch now, i suppose you're right. why do we have to pick up your worst habits
but not the good ones(like good service, politeness(oh, no, wait...)and a reasonable selection of cheap food outlets(except for coffee, of course)) Holistic Spinner (I hope)
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Wasn't that the entire point of "Death Cigarettes"?
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Written by: FireTom
And I have not found a single salesperson on the planet who said No - don't - buy - my - product - it - sucks
Wasn't that the entire point of "Death Cigarettes"?
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Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
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geek, level 1
5,300 posts
Location: everywhere
5,300 posts
Location: everywhere
Posted:
and what about the great campaign:
"nothing sucks like electrolux"
i hear that was really popular in the states
and what about the great campaign:
"nothing sucks like electrolux"
i hear that was really popular in the states
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Well they had to pull that ad once Coleman's Mom proved them wrong.
Oh sorry, I thought this was chat for a second.
Carry on...
Well they had to pull that ad once Coleman's Mom proved them wrong.
Oh sorry, I thought this was chat for a second.
Carry on...
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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